Jesse Cannon: Football is just a game, so give Richt a break

Posted: Monday, October 29, 2007

Dink NeSmith's recent comments regarding University of Georgia head football coach Mark Richt, suggesting that Richt's compensation be an incentive package based on his win-loss record (Columns, " 'Coach, let's have heart-to-heart talk'," Oct. 13; "Bulldogs fans bark, some bite" Oct. 20), made me think about several points.

First, Richt says he worships Jesus Christ; he never said he was Jesus Christ. I think the coach is a Christian, a father and, lastly, a football coach.

Second, if, like some fans, your life revolves around a team of overgrown teenagers running around a grass field on a Saturday afternoon in the fall, I have to ask what you're doing with your life. Don't get me wrong: I love the Bulldogs, I love football and I hate to lose - but in the end, it's just a game.

Finally, how soon we forget what life was like before Richt. At least we have some Southeastern Conference championships under our belt, and we have some respectability. It wasn't that way before Richt.

The coach is trying to make men out of boys. Give him a break, and get off his back.